Sigh... My dearest friend, Bill. You STILL seem to not get my point/proposal! Haven't you read I'm merely advocating we'd be allowed to measure time in kis? You can keep the second *as is* if you insist.
The beauty of this project, Bill, is that we would *collapse the time framework to ONE CONVERSION FACTOR, PERIOD*! That's it? No more 60-60-24 crap, gone, disappeared! Sure, watches would change, but once people realize the formidable gains in tracking time by 100's I can only be optimistic that the idea WOULD catch on. Then in the future who knows whether touching the SI second could be revisited? Technology is a wonderful thing! ;-) I'll make my last comment on your last paragraphs later, since they're thoughtful and deserve more time. I have to stop now. In the meantime have a great weekend, my friend. Cheers, Marcus --- Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2004 Dec 1 , at 5:29 PM, mavi fibe wrote: > > I canNOT support a model that would involve > changing > > the size of the meter, P-E-R-I-O-D! ... We can > accomplish the SAME > > goal > > (decimalization of time) in a much more effective > way, > > ... via a redefinition of a new sizefor the > second. > > I applaud mavi fibe's rejection of any suggestion > that the metre be > radically redefined.* > > But I find his suggestion that the second be > radically redefined > equally objectionable. > > I am interested in promoting SI metric, not > destroying it by changing > the well established and highly precise definitions > of the basic units > like either the metre or the second. > > The problem seems to be decimalization of the way we > measure time of > day (in minutes and hours). Change the minutes and > hours if you wish > (they are not part of SI anyway), but leave the > second (and the metre) > alone. > > There are 84600 seconds in an average day (it > varies). Learn to live > with it. My height and mass are 1.8 m and 71 kg. I'd > like them to be > nice round numbers like 2 m and 100 kg, but I > certainly don't propose > changing the entire SI system just so that someone > (me) can have a > couple useful numbers be simpler. The is no reason > that the day needs > to be some nice round number of units either, > whether it's 24 > somethings or 84.6 somethings.** > > Regards, > Bill Hooper > =================== > > * By radically redefined, I mean redefining so that > the size of the > unit is changed significantly. The metre and second > have been redefined > numerous times in the history of SI but those > changes were always made > in such a way that, to the precision available at > the time of the > change, the unit stayed exactly the same size. That > kind of change is > desirable when technology makes higher precision > measurements possible. > The kilogram is long overdue for that kind of > change. > ==================== > > **Divide up the day into any number of smaller units > of whatever sizes > you choose just as long as the net result is 84600 > seconds. Name those > other units anything you like. The 24 hours of 60 > minutes each of 60 > seconds is awkward (but well entrenched). > > I've suggested here before that the day be divided > into intervals > called kiloseconds (ks), where 1 ks = 1000 s, and > the day contains 84.6 > ks. Neat, clean, doesn't mess with the basic SI > second, and has just > one awkward part (the number 84.6) to cope with. One > awkward number is > preferable to three (24-60-60) in the present > system. I'm not promoting > this scheme, simply suggesting that there are > alternative the the > disruptive schemes being proposed which change the > second (or the > metre). > > Even that 84.6 factor can be partly ameliorated by > any one of several > plans. There are possibilities like 3 days of 84 ks > and 2 days of 85 ks > in each five day period. We live with months that > are not all the same > length; surely we could live with days that are not > all exactly the > same length. Alternatively, ten day "week: could > consist of 6 days of > 84 interspersed with 4 days of 85 ks. Or maybe lump > all the 85 ks days > together at the end of the 10 day week and make them > a long weekend of > four days each of which is extra long. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
